Fen Homecare said changes were being made to the service.

"We felt some people wouldn't access food banks, if nothing else because of pride. We wanted it to be a destination to come here and shop."Eleanor Boycott, chief executive of the Bloxwich Community Partnership, a charity which runs the centre, added: "The response has been great, there's been a lot of interest.

"I think the community store is a step before the food bank so people can extend their money a little bit further and choose the food that they want."Another community shop has also opened at Bentley community centre and another is due to open in Blakenall.A project has been launched to raise awareness of antisemitism and to help schools tackle it.

The Bath and North East Somerset Faith Foundation secured £5,000 to organise events in the county to discuss what antisemitism is and how to respond to it.According to the foundation, faith-based hate crimes have increased over the last six years.

Nathan Hartley, Director of the B&NES Faith Foundation, said: "No one should have to suffer from hate because of their beliefs, culture, background or ethnicity."

"Every person has the right to believe in any faith or no faith, and to be proud of their cultural heritage," he added.But after 23 years, roadworks on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in south Wales are finally going.

The 28-mile (45km) £2bn upgrade to almost motorway standard was designed to bring prosperity to one of the UK's most deprived areas.But some of those living there have called it the "road from hell".

Work to make the road that links Swansea to Monmouthshire a full dual carriageway began back in 2002.This was 12 years after Margaret Thatcher's Conservative UK government drew up an upgrade programme in 1990.